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    11 November 2011
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  • Table of contents:

    1. A week left before the Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge: last chance to register!!!
    2. CUTEC members’ agenda for November: still exciting workshops ahead….
    3. Lithuanian Ideas Forum 2011
    4. Join i-Teams for the Lent Term – Apply by 26th November
    5. Free grant Funding Workshops for SMEs: Tuesday 29th November
    6. Events with the Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable
    7. The African Innovation Prize: Entrepreneurship in Rwanda – 7pm, Tuesday November 15th, Caius College Bateman Auditorium
    8. News from Cfel!
    9. ESSA has launched
    10. Dull but necessary! How to avoid awful muddles and other legal nasties

  • 1. A week left before the Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge: last chance to register!!!

    It is time to register for those who are curious to hear from iconic Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. SVC2C kicks of with “The Future of Education” with high profile speakers such as Reid Hoffman (Chairman, LinkedIn) or Joi Ito (MIT Media Lab and Creative Commons).

    The event’s format will also include a series of workshops and master classes for students, alumni and the Cambridge community, including hot topics such as “Growth Decisions: maximize your company financing and exit valuations”. For details of the workshops’ agenda and registration please visit: http://www.svc2uk.com/cambridge

    Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge (SVC2C) will additionally include a company showcase of Europe's hottest startups on Friday 18th of November, representing an extraordinary opportunity for students, the Cambridge community and the media to meet CEOs of companies that will shape our future.

    The programme will be covering two eventful days, and still needs the involvement of numerous enthusiastic volunteers. Tempted in being involved in this unique experience? To register your interests in volunteering please go to RSVP for SVC@UK Volunteers (https://jbs.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5ux2ExmAAHC5abW) and indicate your preferences. We will be having a Volunteer Information Briefing on Monday November 14th, at 8pm (20:00) - Please complete the survey above to be put on the list for this event.

    Let your community know that you’ll be participating to the SVC2UK!
    Twitter: @svc2uk - Hashtag: # Svc2UK
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SVC2UK
    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/svc2uk

    For more information please visit: http://www.svc2uk.com/cambridge

  • 2. CUTEC members’ agenda for November: still exciting workshops ahead….

    Throughout Michaelmas term CUTEC members are still invited to attend the following workshops:

    30.11.2011: 19:30-21:30 Venue: TBC
    “High-tech Innovation with Ideas@CUTEC”
    by Billy Boyle, co-founder of Owlstone Nanotech, Inc.

    For registration please follow: http://3ideasatcutec.eventbrite.com

    This workshop is a part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week – www.gew1.org.uk so it is open to everyone, not only CUTEC members. Thus, hurry up to register as the number of places is strictly limited!

    14.12.2011: 19:30-21:30 Venue TBC
    Investment into Innovation
    by Jason Pinto, investment manager at Amadeus Capital.

    Also, this month our social will be organised in our favourite venue: Hidden Rooms (Jesus lane - http://www.cubender.com/hidden_rooms/#/ ) with a speed networking session to start the night. The event will take place on Saturday 19th November, which means the rest of the night shall be free to focus on enjoying ourselves whilst getting to know each other better.

    Finally we would like to take this opportunity to announce the opening of a Social Officer position. So if you’re tempted to take on the challenge of leading people by valorising their social interaction, please send your interest to: operations@cutec.org with 4 bullet points on your motivation.

    We look forward to seeing you!!

  • 3. Lithuanian Ideas Forum 2011

    Lithuanian Ideas Forum 2011 ( www.cu-ls.org/lif-en ) is a first interactive event of its kind in Cambridge which bring together international students from Cambridge University and Lithuanians studying in most prestigious UK universities as well as high achieving professionals from London to analyse political, business and cultural strategies that could help Lithuania move towards leadership among small EU states. Event is going to be run in English and no knowledge about Lithuania will not be a disadvantage at all since most brilliant ideas come from people who are not affected by "background" information.

    Five eminent speakers: Dr. Vladas Lasas (serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Carbon War Room), Jon Bradford (managing director of Springboard Cambridge), Jack Lang (serial entrepreneur, business angel and co-founder of Artimi), Laura Dzelzyte (founder of Green Index and advisor to the Minister of Environment in Lithuanian Republic) and Dalia Venslovaite (director of Global Lithuanian Leaders) will share their views and experience.

    The talks will be followed by three subject workshops, whereby participants will have a chance to engage in a discussion with one another and offer their views. The conference is suited for those with little or no knowledge of Lithuania and for those with an active interest in it.

    Registration: http://lif2011.eventbrite.com/

    All CUTEC members are strongly encouraged to attend this event in order to have an opportunity to look at the way a conference (similar to TVC, however smaller in scale) should be organised.

  • 4. Join i-Teams for the Lent Term – Apply by 26th November

    Interested in how new inventions are commercialised? Then read on!

    "Entrepreneurship animates innovation and drives change”. Amy Mokady and her i-Teams programme are showing how science and engineering will continue to drive us forward."

    Doug Richard, School for Startups, Cambridge Angels, Dragon's Den

    By joining an i-Team, you will work for a term with students from across the University and a dedicated industry mentor. You will investigate the commercial potential of a real Cambridge invention, gaining hands-on skills and experience.

    Next term’s projects:
    * Redesigning electricity - Connecting copper to carbon, with Dr. Krzysztof Koziol, Materials Science

    * Revolutionising diving with new technology, with Dan Reynolds, Lungfish Dive Systems & Institute for Manufacturing

    * Multiplex sensing - finding the best application for a new thin film piezoelectric sensor, with Dr. Andrew Flewitt, Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics.

    The programme lasts for a term and includes regular group sessions, team meetings and individual work. i-Teams present their final recommendations at the end of term to a business and academic audience, and at the annual CUTEC Technology Venture Conference.

    To find out more about i-Teams and this term’s projects visit www.iteamsonline.org
    To apply, send your CV and a covering letter explaining which projects you want to do and why to Amy Mokady (am678@cam.ac.uk) no later than SATURDAY 26th November. Applications are welcomed from post-graduates, postdocs and 4th year undergraduates from any University in the East of England, as well as all CUTEC members.

    i-Teams is organised in conjunction with the Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise Club (CUTEC).


  • 5. Free grant Funding Workshops for SMEs: Tuesday 29th November

    If you are an ambitious technology-based SME in the East of England interested in finding out about the various ways you can access grant funding to develop new products, processes or services, this free workshop is for you.

    For more information please visit: http://www.mybusinessfd.com/news/events/)
    Guest speaker Iain McKechnie who runs the EU and Innovation Funding Support Service on behalf of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA), will explain how your business could benefit from a number of funding programmes available.

  • 6. Events with the Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable

    The events and internship opportunities organised by Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable cover a range of sectors including biotech, science writing and communication, venture capital, business development, consulting, and intellectual property. For more information please follow: www.oxbridgebiotech.com.
    Membership is free and open to all - currently members are provided with:

    A regular seminar series, panel discussions and networking sessions with leaders in biotech, pharma, finance and academia.

    Free tickets to prestigious conferences and networking events provided by our industrial partners and given out each week to our members on a first-come-first-served basis.

    A website facilitating exchange of ideas and opportunities within biotech where members are invited to submit articles to our interactive blog.

    Opportunities to participate in immersion program, where students with science and business backgrounds work as a team to help biotechs and startups tackle important business problems with projects running in Cambridge and Oxford.

    To attend the next upcoming event on the 16th November, 5.30 pm, Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry please sign up @ www.oxbridgebiotech.com

    "Science journalism and the hottest stories in biotech with Nature Biotechnology"

    Lisa Melton, News Editor of Nature Biotechnology will be coming to speak about biotech journalism, and from her perch as editor of probably the most prestigious journals in the field. She’ll also share with her singular perspective of industry trends, and what to watch out for.

    There will be a drinks reception after the seminar with free drinks and nibbles for students, academics and industry professionals to network.

  • 7. The African Innovation Prize: Entrepreneurship in Rwanda – 7pm, Tuesday November 15th, Caius College Bateman Auditorium

    The African Innovation Prize team warmly invites you to an evening celebrating and discussing entrepreneurship development in Africa and beyond.

    Over drinks and nibbles you’ll hear about the current state of entrepreneurship development in Africa/Rwanda and learn about what role the African Innovation Prize plays in this. Additionally we’ll be advertising some exciting opportunities for Cambridge students to get involved.

    The African Innovation Prize (AIP) is an organisation set up two years ago to encourage entrepreneurship as a key part of university education in Africa. AIP aims to provide entrepreneurship training, local mentorship and seed-funding to innovative business ideas. This year, the practical lessons of the business planning competition were bolstered by the inaugural Rwanda Entrepreneurship Week 25th-30th July 2011. Led by Rwandan entrepreneurs but organised by the Cambridge team, it introduced over 150 of the brightest Rwandan students from five different Rwandan institutions to the fundamentals of running and leading their own business.

    So if you’re interested in social entrepreneurship, international development or just fancy a few drinks then come along!

    Sign up via eventbrite http://africaninnovationprize.eventbrite.com/

  • 8. News from Cfel!

    CfEL’s Enterprise Tuesday 2011/2012 Series:

    Serendipity or Hard Work - 15 Nov, 18:00 – 21:00
    Venue: University of Cambridge’s Engineering Department, LT0, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
    Guest Speaker: Dr David Brown FRSC, Managing Director of Alchemy Biomedical Consulting and the scientist who discovered viagra . . . Read more

    Join our discussions on LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/vVBBay
    Each week we’ll be posting key questions from Enterprise Tuesday on CfEL’s LinkedIn group page.

    Follow us on Twitter: @CfELCambridge ; Hash tag: #EnterpriseTuesday
    Like our Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/groups/2581585840/#!/cfelcambridge

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    Startup Masterclass programme
    The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning is working in partnership with the Startup Masterclass programme to support early-stage innovation-based ventures in the East of England.

    Next event:
    Startup Masterclass on 28 Nov, 'The Accidental Entrepreneur: Different Pathways to Success', in association with CfEL and Cambridge AWise. Book your place

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    Cambridge Graduate Business of the Year competition - enter by 30 Nov
    - Sponsored by CfEL -
    This special award is aimed at companies founded by Cambridge University alumni at least three years out of academia that has demonstrated outstanding commercial progress. Sign up here » http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/images/stories/business-a...

  • 9. ESSA has launched

    Students societies in the UK are enterprising. You raise money during the year, recruit members and organise events.

    The RBS Enterprising Student Society Accreditation (ESSA), sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and LinkedIn, is a national scheme launched this year, which will pro-actively reward and recognise your societies and the teams behind them. The ESSA certification will be the official stamp of achievement and recognised by potential employers.

    For student societies to register: http://theessa.com/sign-up-here/.

    Societies Accreditation: All societies must have demonstrated some learning and attendance at best practice seminars. These could be provided by the student union, enterprise or developed themselves.

    Societies Reward: For those who have accreditation and want to demonstrate their achievement nationally, then the award process is open to them. Again, societies apply online by answering a series of questions, upload videos and photographs and create a LinkedIn group with followers and recommendations. Societies can now apply at http://theessa.com/the-competition/.

    EnterprisingU: £40,000 is available to start-up businesses. The site provides help in developing a business plan, developing financial and also understanding what other sources of finance are available. The site contains the full details of the competition and the entry requirements. We have over 200 investors looking at the entries to provide feedback and also invest in student start-ups.

    For more information on events and workshops please follow: http://theessa.com/
    And finally!

    Our Partners, RBS, Linkedin and The Independent are all looking to see how they can help ensure this project is a success. We are happy to promote any business start-up at your university via The Independent Online, thus if you have any news, updates or stories then please email them toinfo@theessa.com and we will endeavor to promote your success.

  • 10. Dull but necessary! How to avoid awful muddles and other legal nasties

    WHEN: Monday 21st November, 6pm – 9pm. Registration 6 – 6:30pm
    WHERE: IdeaSpace, Hauser Forum, 3 Charles Babbage Road - Cambridge, CB3 0GT
    SPEAKER: Adrian Chaffey – Epitome

    Setting up a new business is actually an easy thing to do. But very often, certain decisions taken too lightly can then come back to bite. Especially if you have other co-founders, own IP or want to distribute equity to collaborators. Come and find out about the essential steps that you need to consider right from the start.

    This talk will deal with the following aspects
    • How do I setup?
    • How do we manage equity?
    • Do I need a shareholders agreement?
    • What basic contracts do I need?
    • How do I keep things legal?
    • How do founders avoid legal dead-ends when things go wrong?

    Book your place
    As usual, there will also be plenty of time for Q&A so please bring your own burning questions to put to our speaker.

    Join us before the event from 6pm for nibbles and refreshments. Then stay around after the talk for more networking until 9:30pm.

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